Moultrie C: Lovington, IL: Coal Mine and Wabash & Pennsy Depots

Mine: (Satellite)

Wabash Depot: (Satellite, between Railroad St. & the tracks and halfway between State and Church Streets.)

Pennsy Depot: (Satellite, south of the tracks and west of Broadway Street.)

Roger Kujawa posted
Coal Mine, Lovington, Illinois. 1910s Postcard. This was on the PRR Line (Vandalia)
Rob Manley My Grandfather was a coal miner there. He was later the town grocer, butcher, restaurant owner. My first train ride was from Chicago Ridge to Decatur on the Wabash to visit him.

Andy Zukowski posted
Coal Mine in Lovington, Illinois. 1908

Jim Yasinski posted
Lovington, Illinois Coal Mine

 

Andy Zukowski posted, cropped
Coal Mine Shaft in Lovington, Illinois. C1910

Map, 1908-1924

https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/lovington.pdf

Unlike some towns that avoided building over their mine, this town was on top of their mine.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

At photo resolution
The tipple is in the upper-left corner and it appears that a grain elevator was south of the Pennsy and east of Broadway Street. Grain Street confirms the grain elevator theory. Is the long white building northwest of the tipple the one still standing south of Williams Street?

Pennsy was east/west and Wabash was north/south.

Aban RR Map

Wabash Depot

Another Illinois town that has lost both of its railroads.

Andy Zukowski posted
Wabash Depot in Lovington, Illinois. C1910
Richard Fiedler shared
Richard Fiedler shared
Richard Fiedler shared

A topo map marks the location of the two depots.

1940/40 Sullivan Quad @ 62,500

Lovington was on the branch that went South from Bement to Effingham and Altamont.

Bill Molony posted via Dennis DeBruler

There should have been a grain elevator out-of-frame to the left in the depot photo.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

The grain elevator along the Pennsy survived.

Satellite

And fertilizer application is also big business.

Satellite